What is a cyclic data structure good for?

>>> L = ['grail']
>>> L.append(L)
>>> L
['grail', [...]]

>>> L[0]
'grail'
>>> L[1][0]
'grail'
>>> L[1][1][0]
'grail'

V=["Boulder", "Denver", "Colorado Springs", "Pueblo", "Limon"]

E=[["Boulder", "Denver"],
   ["Denver", "Colorado Springs"],
   ["Colorado Springs", "Pueblo"],
   ["Denver", "Limon"],
   ["Colorado Springs", "Limon"]]

public class Direction
{
    ...
    public IEnumerable<Direction> WithTwoNeighbors
    {
        get {
           yield return this;
           yield return this.CounterClockwise;
           yield return this.Clockwise;
        }
    }
}
...
public void TryToMove (Direction dir)
{
    dir = dir.WithTwoNeighbors.Where (d => CanMove (d)).First ()
    Move (dir);
}

v[end] = a;
end = (end+1) % N;
if (begin == end)
  begin = (begin+1) % N;

for (i=begin; i != end; i = (i+1) % N) {
 // do stuff
}

chicago[0] == denver
chicago[0][0] == phoenix
chicago[0][0][0] == chicago

>>> L = ['foo', 'bar']
>>> L.append(L)
>>> L
['foo', 'bar', [...]]
>>> L[0]
'foo'
>>> L[1]
'bar'
>>> L[2]
['foo', 'bar', [...]]
>>> L[2].append('baz')
>>> L
['foo', 'bar', [...], 'baz']
>>> L[2]
['foo', 'bar', [...], 'baz']
>>> L[2].pop()
'baz'
>>> L
['foo', 'bar', [...]]
>>> L[2]
['foo', 'bar', [...]]

options,start_menu,about = [],[],[]

def do_nothing(): pass

about += [
    {'name':"copyright by...",'action':None,'menu':about},
    {'name':"back",'action':do_nothing,'menu':start_menu}
    ]
options += [
    {'name':"volume up",'action':volumeUp,'menu':options},
    {'name':"save",'action':save,'menu':start_menu},
    {'name':"back without save",'action':do_nothing,'menu':start_menu}
    ]
start_menu += [
    {'name':"Exit",'action':f,'menu':None}, # no next menu since we quite
    {'name':"Options",'action':do_nothing,'menu':options},
    {'name':"About",'action':do_nothing,'menu':about}
    ]

>>> print about
[{'action': None, 'menu': [...], 'name': 'copyright by...'},#etc.
# see the ellipsis (...)

def menu_item_pressed(item):
    log("menu item '%s' pressed" % item['name'])
    item['action']()
    set_next_menu(item['menu'])

class SelfReferenceMarkerClass: pass
#singleton global marker for self reference
SelfReferenceMarker = SelfReferenceMarkerClass()
about += [
    {'name':"copyright by...",'action':None,'menu':srm},
    {'name':"back",'action':do_nothing,'menu':start_menu}
    ]

def menu_item_pressed(item):
    item['action']()
    if (item['menu'] == SelfReferenceMarker):
        set_next_menu(get_previous_menu())
    else:
        set_next_menu(item['menu'])

class Client(object):
    def set_remote(self, remote_client):
        self.remote_client = remote_client

    def send(self, msg):
        self.remote_client.receive(msg)

    def receive(self, msg):
        print msg

Jill = Client()
Bob = Client()
Bob.set_remote(Jill)
Jill.set_remote(Bob)

Bob.send("Hi, Jill!")

Jill.send("Hi, Bob!")